› added 8 months ago

25

TIL a Japanese submarine used to attack Sydney Australia was later painted yellow by college students inspired by the Beatles song

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

Mma8 TIL that Topher Grace of ‘That 70’s Show’ edited all three 'Star Wars’ prequels into one condensed film that has been highly praised as a better version.
R76Q4 TIL there's a sumerian erotic poem called the "The Courtship of Inanna and Dumuzi," that talks about "plowing the vulva", "drinking your fresh milk" and "filling my holy churn with honey cheese".
yVKLM TIL that stretched earlobes (gauged ears) often smell bad due to dead skin and sebum.
ZpaWa TIL Eugénie de Montijo, Empress of the French, was a made a Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire her aid to the British during the First World War. Eugénie de Montijo donated her yacht to the war effort and funded hospitals in France.
7kWb TIL that Superman would have entered public domain on 1 January 2014 if copyright terms in the United States had not been extended in the late 1990s.